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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006

Roberto Lopes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil

Roberto Lopes da Costa
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bacabal

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$636,285.00

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

200

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,121,562.50

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Franco Neto), 1995 (with Franco Neto)

Awards

Team of the Year 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Tour Champion 2008 (with Harley Marques)
Best Blocker 2013

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	US$21,400.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Franco Neto - 1st	Did not play
1996	Franco Neto - 9th	Did not play
1997	Franco Neto - 2nd	Did not play
2000	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 13th	Did not play
2001	Franco Neto - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Franco Neto - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	18, Q15	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	26, Q20	13th	180	US$4,500.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/13/2006	Country Quota	Nalbert Bitencourt / Luizao Correa, Brazil (26, Q11)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 13-15	1:02

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$16,500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$21,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Roberto Lopes												Pedro Solberg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	World Championships	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$60,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
13	3	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$110,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	87	8	6	3	5	15	31	10	3	0	$617,150.00
81	12	6	10	8	17	9	4	3	0	$349,885.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	10	5	6	9	10	30	9	6	0	$399,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
98	15	8	11	8	18	14	6	4	0	$464,635.00	Total	200	21	13	14	15	29	64	23	9	0	$1,121,562.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$16,500.00	13	7	65.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$16,500.00	13	7	65.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Roberto Lopes													Pedro Solberg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	1990	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	1991	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,725.00	1992	FIVB
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	1993	FIVB
5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$61,500.00	1994	FIVB
16	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00	1995	FIVB
14	3	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$99,500.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	$42,100.00	1997	FIVB
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1998	FIVB
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00	1999	FIVB
10	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	$23,750.00	2000	FIVB
7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$18,660.00	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	$8,250.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	$8,250.00
94	15	7	11	8	18	14	5	4	12	$460,985.00	Total	Total	13	2	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	2	$12,100.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	6	42.9%	1	7.1%	7	50.0%	6-8	42.9%	10-7	58.8%	8-3	72.7%	0	0	18-10	64.3%
2005-2006	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	6	42.9%	1	7.1%	7	50.0%	6-8	42.9%	10-7	58.8%	8-3	72.7%	0	0	18-10	64.3%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	6	54.5%	0	0.0%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	12-10	54.5%	14-4	77.8%	0	0	13-7	65.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	7
Total	4	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	10

Head to Head Results
Lopes/Solberg lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	16-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:02
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	18-21, 21-11, 15-6	0:50
Lead the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-0
5/30/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Cunha/Neto		21-19, 26-24	0:48
Lead the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	Lione/Varnier	7	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 22, Q9 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q18	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Amore/Fenili	15	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	16-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:03
Trail the series against # 26, Q11 Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 1-2
6/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Lopes/Solberg		19-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
6/6/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Lopes/Solberg		21-18, 23-21	0:49
5/30/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Country Quota	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Bitencourt/Correa		18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q33 Gao/Han, China 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Lopes/Solberg	18, Q15	Gao/Han	Q50	16-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:56